Jennifer Wen Ma was born in 1973 in Beijing, China, moved to the United State in 1986, and received her masters degree in fine art in 1999 from Pratt Institute, New York. Jennifer works in media as varied as installations, video, drawing, fashion design, performances and public works. She has participated in numerous exhibitions internationally.

Some recent projects include, 2009 Echigo-Tsumari Triennial, Brain Storm commissioned video installation for Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009; permanent public artwork for the Digital Beijing Building, 2008; New Adventures of Havoc in Heaven I for Beijing Center for the Arts, and New Adventures of Havoc in Heaven II for National Art Museum of China, 2008; You Me You installation commissioned by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2007. In 2006 she participated in the Singapore Biennale with an ambitious video and audio trilogy that spanned over a mosque, synagogue and Catholic church.

Jennifer was a member of the core creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and its chief designer for visual and special effects. She won an Emmy as an associate producer for the NBC broadcast of the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony.

Jennifer’s current projects include: curating Ink Storm at Transformer Gallery, solo exhibition at the Phillips Collection in conjunction with Transformer Gallery and Shigeko Bork Mu Project, both in Washington DC. Upcoming projects include: Monstersaurus VS. Super Defense Force, a multi-disciplinarian musical theater performance; 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition opening ceremony, among others.